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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4259–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2016–0001]
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4269–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2016–0001]
Georgia; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
Texas; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
AGENCY:
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for State
of Georgia (FEMA–4259–DR), dated
February 26, 2016, and related
determinations.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: May 26, 2016.
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Warren J. Riley, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this disaster.
This action terminates the
appointment of Rosalyn L. Cole as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
disaster.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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Notice.
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Texas (FEMA–4269–DR), dated
April 25, 2016, and related
determinations.
Effective Date: June 3, 2016.
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Texas is hereby amended to
include the Public Assistance program
for the following areas among those
areas determined to have been adversely
affected by the event declared a major
disaster by the President in his
declaration of April 25, 2016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Bastrop, Bosque, Callahan, Coryell, Milam,
and Washington Counties for Public
Assistance.
Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Grimes, Harris,
Montgomery, San Jacinto, Waller, and
Wharton Counties for Public Assistance
(already designated for Individual
Assistance).
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050 Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Residential
Basement Floodproofing Certification
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
DATES:
[Docket ID: FEMA–2016–0014; OMB No.
1660–0033]
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a revision of a currently
approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the certification
of floodproofed residential basements in
Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2016–0014. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,
8NE, Washington, DC 20472–3100.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to read the
Privacy Act notice that is available via
the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Chang, Insurance Examiner,
FEMA, Mitigation Directorate, (202)
212–4712 for additional information.
You may contact the Records
Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at
email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
SUMMARY:
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(FEMA) is authorized to establish and
carry out a National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) to enable interested
persons to purchase insurance against
flood loss. See, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.
Flood insurance under the NFIP can be
sold or renewed only within a
community that has adopted adequate
floodplain management regulations
consistent with the Federal criteria in
the NFIP regulations. See, 44 CFR 60.3.
FEMA’s minimum floodplain
management criteria require that all new
construction and substantial
improvements of residential structures
within Zones A1–30, AE and AH have
the lowest floor, including the
basement, elevated at or above the base
flood level. FEMA can grant an
exception to this rule after a community
submits a proposal to FEMA to adopt
standards for floodproofing residential
basements below the base flood level in
zones A1–30, AH, AO, and AE in
accordance with 44 CFR 60.6(c). When
FEMA grants an exception to a
community under 44 CFR 60.6(c),
property owners in these communities
submit a Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certificate with their
NFIP application for flood insurance for
rating purposes. The certification also
provides community officials with
information to determine compliance
with the community’s floodplain
management ordinance.
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Collection of Information
Title: Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certification.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0033.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 086–0–24,
Residential Basement Floodproofing
Certificate.
Abstract: The Residential Basement
Floodproofing Certification is
completed by an engineer or architect
and certifies that the basement
floodproofing meets the minimum
floodproofing specifications of FEMA.
This certification is for residential
structures located in non-coastal Special
Flood Hazard Areas in communities that
have received an exception to the
requirement that structures be built at or
above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
under 44 CFR 60.6(c). Residential
structures with certification showing the
building is floodproofed to at least 1
foot above the BFE are eligible for lower
rates on flood insurance.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Number of Responses: 100.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 325 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $18,151. The annual costs to
respondents’ operations and
maintenance costs for technical services
is $35,000. There are no annual start-up
or capital costs. The cost to the Federal
Government is $2,885.71.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Dated: June 29, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2016–0002; Internal
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1626]
Changes in Flood Hazard
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice lists communities
where the addition or modification of
Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood
depths, Special Flood Hazard Area
(SFHA) boundaries or zone
designations, or the regulatory floodway
(hereinafter referred to as flood hazard
determinations), as shown on the Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and
where applicable, in the supporting
SUMMARY:
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Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports,
prepared by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) for each
community, is appropriate because of
new scientific or technical data. The
FIRM, and where applicable, portions of
the FIS report, have been revised to
reflect these flood hazard
determinations through issuance of a
Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in
accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR
part 65). The LOMR will be used by
insurance agents and others to calculate
appropriate flood insurance premium
rates for new buildings and the contents
of those buildings. For rating purposes,
the currently effective community
number is shown in the table below and
must be used for all new policies and
renewals.
These flood hazard
determinations will become effective on
the dates listed in the table below and
revise the FIRM panels and FIS report
in effect prior to this determination for
the listed communities.
From the date of the second
publication of notification of these
changes in a newspaper of local
circulation, any person has 90 days in
which to request through the
community that the Deputy Associate
Administrator for Mitigation reconsider
the changes. The flood hazard
determination information may be
changed during the 90-day period.
ADDRESSES: The affected communities
are listed in the table below. Revised
flood hazard information for each
community is available for inspection at
both the online location and the
respective community map repository
address listed in the table below.
Additionally, the current effective FIRM
and FIS report for each community are
accessible online through the FEMA
Map Service Center at
www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
Submit comments and/or appeals to
the Chief Executive Officer of the
community as listed in the table below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services
Branch, Federal Insurance and
Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 500
C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646–7659, or (email)
patrick.sacbibit@fema.dhs.gov; or visit
the FEMA Map Information eXchange
(FMIX) online at
www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_
main.html.
DATES:
The
specific flood hazard determinations are
not described for each community in
this notice. However, the online
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2016-0014; OMB No. 1660-0033]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
to comment on a revision of a currently approved information
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
this notice seeks comments concerning the certification of floodproofed
residential basements in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA-2016-0014. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act
notice that is available via the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Chang, Insurance Examiner, FEMA,
Mitigation Directorate, (202) 212-4712 for additional information. You
may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
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(FEMA) is authorized to establish and carry out a National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) to enable interested persons to purchase
insurance against flood loss. See, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. Flood
insurance under the NFIP can be sold or renewed only within a community
that has adopted adequate floodplain management regulations consistent
with the Federal criteria in the NFIP regulations. See, 44 CFR 60.3.
FEMA's minimum floodplain management criteria require that all new
construction and substantial improvements of residential structures
within Zones A1-30, AE and AH have the lowest floor, including the
basement, elevated at or above the base flood level. FEMA can grant an
exception to this rule after a community submits a proposal to FEMA to
adopt standards for floodproofing residential basements below the base
flood level in zones A1-30, AH, AO, and AE in accordance with 44 CFR
60.6(c). When FEMA grants an exception to a community under 44 CFR
60.6(c), property owners in these communities submit a Residential
Basement Floodproofing Certificate with their NFIP application for
flood insurance for rating purposes. The certification also provides
community officials with information to determine compliance with the
community's floodplain management ordinance.
Collection of Information
Title: Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0033.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 086-0-24, Residential Basement Floodproofing
Certificate.
Abstract: The Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification is
completed by an engineer or architect and certifies that the basement
floodproofing meets the minimum floodproofing specifications of FEMA.
This certification is for residential structures located in non-coastal
Special Flood Hazard Areas in communities that have received an
exception to the requirement that structures be built at or above the
Base Flood Elevation (BFE) under 44 CFR 60.6(c). Residential structures
with certification showing the building is floodproofed to at least 1
foot above the BFE are eligible for lower rates on flood insurance.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Number of Responses: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 325 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the
hour burden is $18,151. The annual costs to respondents' operations and
maintenance costs for technical services is $35,000. There are no
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is
$2,885.71.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Dated: June 29, 2016.
Richard W. Mattison,
Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2016-15825 Filed 7-1-16; 8:45 am]
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